Category: Water

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 30, 2017
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CASA Connects Newsletter for May 2017

May 29, 2017 State Controller to Speak at CASA Annual Conference Betty Yee, California State Controller, will speak during the closing session of CASA’s annual conference, taking place August 22-24, 2017 at the Marriott Marquis in San Diego. As the chief fiscal officer of California, the sixth largest economy in the world, Ms. Yee is […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 26, 2017
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California Water News for May 26, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: California neighborhood flooded after seawall is damaged Press Tribune Newspaper: Input sought for Placer County Fairgrounds renovations San Marcos Corridor News: Infrastructure Week, BRIDGE Act, Trump’s Budget Blueprint… It’s … Sacramento Bee: California needs to stop letting farm-water suppliers ignore the law fox5sandiego.com: Wet winter leads to more bee swarms across San Diego SCVNEWS.com: SCV Water Agency Merger […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 25, 2017
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California Water News for May 25, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Reconstruction begins at Oroville Dam. Will it be different this time? Associated Press: Repair work begins at damaged Oroville Dam spillway KGO-TV: Governor Brown get Oroville Dan, Caltrain funding from Trump … San Francisco Chronicle: Repair work begins at damaged California spillway Breitbart News: Warning: 15498 ‘High-Hazard’ Dams in America The Mercury News‎: Oroville Dam: Spillway’s bottom being demolished […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 24, 2017
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California Water News for May 24, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Massive landslide brings new level of isolation to Big Sur California Farm Bureau: Market and water trends increase cotton acreage The Turlock Journal: Wet winter produces record-breaking runoff Nevada Appeal: Spring runoff predictions change daily Porterville Recorder: State may stretch drought-relief funding Daily Democrat: Miscommunication brings Dixon back to groundwater talks Napa Valley Register: Following a wet winter, Napa […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 23, 2017
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California Water News for May 23, 2017

KRCRTV.COM: DWR: Spillway construction ahead of schedule, workers seen on spillway KCRA Sacramento: Race is on to fix badly damaged Oroville spillway East Valley Times: PG&E urges planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day Lake Tahoe News: Rapid snowmelt causes floods, impacts recreation Lake Tahoe News: Wet winter could create memorable EDC vintage Los Angeles Times: Rivers swollen from melting Sierra […]

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  • Water
  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 22, 2017
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California Regional Water Quality Control Board: Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to Establish Salinity Water Quality Objectives in the Lower San Joaquin River

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). This email is regarding a Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to Establish Salinity Water Quality Objectives in the Lower San Joaquin River. A document presenting Central Valley Water Board staff responses to public comments on the draft Basin Plan Amendment has […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 22, 2017
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California Water News for May 22, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Is ‘potential Oroville waiting to happen’ at other spillways? Sacramento Bee: Oroville spillway gates close for season to make way for repairs Sacramento Bee: Most California farm-water suppliers are breaking this law. Why doesn’t the state act? Sacramento Bee: After Oroville Dam debacle, we deserve straight talk and safety Laredo Morning Times: Nasty tick season could follow heavy […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 19, 2017
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California Water News for May 19, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle‎: Oroville Dam spillway to go offline until fall, allowing for repairs San Diego Union-Tribune: Underspending proves costly for California Register Pajaronian: Irrigation enhancement project helps farmers regulate water usage Los Angeles Times: Rising sea levels could mean twice as much flood risk in Los … Voice of San Diego: Why Big Winter Rains Haven’t Done Much to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 18, 2017
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California Water News for May 18, 2017

Chico Enterprise-Record: New webcam shows damaged main Oroville Dam spillway at work Sacramento Bee: Oroville Dam spillway shutting down for summer repairs Sacramento Bee: You could fill Shasta Lake 7 times with farm groundwater lost during state drought Catholic Online: Large 14 Foot Crack in Headworks? Cracking Radial Gate Steel tendons? Threat to Spillway yet no Repairs in 2017? […]

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